Comparison of William Shakespeare Sonnet 103 to Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary

William Shakespeare Sonnet 103 has 14 lines, and 14% of them have weak matches at magnitude 10 to 14 in Geoffrey Chaucer. 86% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.14 weak matches.

Sonnet 103

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Sonnet 103: 3

The argument all bare is of more worth
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Parson's Tale: 30

... mannes harm. Of thise two speces comth bakbyting; and this sinne of bakbyting or detraccion hath certeine speces, as thus. Som man preiseth his neighebore by a wikke entente; for he maketh alwey a wikked knotte atte laste ende. Alwey he maketh a 'but' atte laste ende, that is digne of more blame, than worth is al the preisinge. The seconde spece is, that if a man be good and dooth or seith a thing to good entente, the bakbyter wol turne all thilke goodnesse up-so-doun to his shrewed entente. The thridde is, to amenuse the bountee of his neighebore. The fourthe spece of bakbyting is ... [continues next]
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Sonnet 103: 4

Than when it hath my added praise beside.
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Parson's Tale: 30

[continues previous] ... thise two speces comth bakbyting; and this sinne of bakbyting or detraccion hath certeine speces, as thus. Som man preiseth his neighebore by a wikke entente; for he maketh alwey a wikked knotte atte laste ende. Alwey he maketh a 'but' atte laste ende, that is digne of more blame, than worth is al the preisinge. The seconde spece is, that if a man be good and dooth or seith a thing to good entente, the bakbyter wol turne all thilke goodnesse up-so-doun to his shrewed entente. The thridde is, to amenuse the bountee of his neighebore. The fourthe spece of ...